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#1037362
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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SilverWook said:

NeverarGreat said:

SilverWook said:

Vader conceivably could have kept Kenobi’s saber on his person, therefore it survived DS 1 blowing up. After that, who knows?

Well the Kenobi lightsaber prop was re-tooled for Luke’s lightsaber, so now I’m imagining a Rogue One type story between Empire and Jedi where Luke steals Ben’s lightsaber from Vader and improves it, since he lacks the skill to make one himself.

Luke built a new green saber. (It was even a cut scene from the movie.) Vader even referred to it as a sign Luke’s skills were complete.

I forget that sometimes I see Star Wars things that don’t originate from this site:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7adP0f6zgR4
So my comment was based on the real-life journey of the prop 😃

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#1036982
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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SilverWook said:

Vader conceivably could have kept Kenobi’s saber on his person, therefore it survived DS 1 blowing up. After that, who knows?

Well the Kenobi lightsaber prop was re-tooled for Luke’s lightsaber, so now I’m imagining a Rogue One type story between Empire and Jedi where Luke steals Ben’s lightsaber from Vader and improves it, since he lacks the skill to make one himself.

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#1036666
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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NeverarGreat said:

[Trump said:]

At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America. And through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other.
When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.

I sure am glad he’s moderating the authoritarian overtones.
/s

JEDIT: His entire statement is so much worse:

"At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America and through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice. The Bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity. We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.

There should be no fear. We are protected, and we will always be protected. We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. And most importantly, we will be protected by God."

“There should be no fear” - A tacit admission that everyone is terrified, and feel the need to invoke the police, the military, and God to protect them.

It also sounds like ‘God’s people’ is limited to just ‘Americans’, since that sentence is in the paragraph about fanatical patriotism! What happens when ‘God’s people’ wish to pursue solidarity with other nations? This just keeps getting better and better.

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#1036454
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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I don’t think the Poe shot detracts from the overall tone of the scene. After all, we see the pilots celebrating after returning to the base, presumably still on a high from the immediate victory. It makes sense that in the moment, Poe is playing the optimist as he does throughout the film.

(Perhaps I’m just sad that my favorite musical theme of the film is being sliced and I should just get over it)

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#1036453
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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As far as Global Warming is concerned, I believe that there is plenty of evidence to conclusively say whether or not humans are substantially involved in planetary warming and predict many of the deleterious effects of said warming. However, I personally have
Insufficient Data
In fact, I don’t think that any single person knows enough to say with certainty anything about AGW, as it is a question uniquely suited to a large network of people pursuing disparate yet parallel lines of investigation. In fact, if anyone were to claim that they knew conclusively that AGW was a myth, I would ask to see how many lifetimes they have spent investigating the problem.
Therefore, I will refer to the scientists on this one, and the vast majority say we should be concerned. So I will be concerned.

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#1036443
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If you need to B*tch about something <strong>other than originaltrilogy.com</strong>... This is the place
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Warbler said:

a big fuck you goes out to Governor Christie for saying this:

[Governor Christie said:]

I understand why people are interested if you are a public figure, as to who you root for,” Christie said. “They’re interested. But the hostility, I will tell you that I take for being a Cowboys fan — and this is what I say to Giants fans all the time, and Eagles fans. Now Eagles fans I can understand it from a little more because the Eagles do suck and they’ve sucked for a long time. And their fans are generally angry, awful people.

Fuck you, you fat piece of shit.

I’m no fan of Christie, but if you’re an Eagles fan, doesn’t what you just said count as an Own goal?

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#1036436
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Neverar's A New Hope Technicolor Recreation <strong>(Final Version Released!)</strong>
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Here’s a 2nd generation bootleg from '78, with and without a correction:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/197780
Original Colors:
Very Green
After taking out as much green as I dare:
Still Green
Notice that R2 is still blue in the escape pod.
For my project, the green levels of the offending shots are in line with the shot of C-3PO in the access hallway, so they are slightly reduced compared to the bootleg.

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#1036431
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Jackpumpkinhead said:

Wow, how this edit has grown! I am loving all of the changes so far for version 2. I think it will probably be the version that I will be working from for my own personal edit that removes all references to Kylo being a skywalker until the end. Keep up the great work everyone!

Glad you find my replacement shots acceptable! It’s been a learning curve for sure, getting them up to the previous standard.

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#1036382
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The &quot;Name that Movie/TV Show I Can't Name&quot; Thread
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I remember watching a few scenes from some show/movie on TV in the 90’s involving some uniformed children (scouts?) trying unsuccessfully to rescue an older man from quicksand. It then cut to some pirates (I think) climbing the inside of a tower, using a spiral staircase. Seeing that their path was blocked, one of them said ‘Throw me a hook’, and getting it, he leaped into the middle of the tower onto a massive rope connected to a bell at the top. When he landed on the rope, the bell rang out, and somewhere else (the top of the tower?) a group of gaudily dressed people heard the tolling of the bell during their rowdy reveries.

That is all I remember, and it bugs me that I don’t know what show or movie this bizarre sequence was from.

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#1036275
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YouTube/Vimeo/etc... Star Wars video finds
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Bingowings said:

I had no idea this was a thing but there are many of them. https://youtu.be/TQGgnciEOGM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RAWYMxygeBk

It’s telling that for a 4 minute video, only 30 seconds of it feature ships from the OT landing, and even then only two from the original editions actually land on camera. What is it with the PT showing us every ship landing and lightsaber drop?